INTERNATIONAL: CHINA PILGRIMAGE - Dogen and Hanshan Sites

Travel to China with Sensei Kaz Tanahashi and Sensei Peter Levitt April 18 - May 3, 2017. Visit Tiantong Monastery where the great thirteenth-century Japanese Zen Master Dogen was trained by his teacher Rujing. We also visit the nearby cave where the legendary hermit-poet Hanshan lived and used the cave walls to write his poems.

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Episode Description: Stephen argues nimbly that the Buddha never intended his First Noble Task as some metaphysical, flattening dogma: “all life is suffering.” Only in following the injunction to embrace life as given do we discover its full poignant and tragic dimensions — which always exceed representation; are ever “too much.” This encounter with “great […]

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Series Description: Stephen Batchelor and Roshi Joan Halifax rebuild the Four Noble Truths from the ground up — rendering them as “Noble Tasks” instead, for starters. They similarly probe the Four Great Bodhisattva Vows (which seem to have been based on the Four Tasks). Stephen sets aside orthodox interpretations of early Buddhist texts to discover […]

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Episode Description: In this public talk, Stephen renders his Buddhist biography as a series of radicalizations. In the first radicalization, as a Gelugpa monk, he tried to transport himself wholesale into Tibetan Buddhism’s internally-consistent system. Next, in a distinct shift of emphasis, he practiced for four years in a Korean Seon/Zen hall with the exclusive […]

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ZEN BRAIN: The Embedded Mind – Perspectives from Buddhism and Cognitive Science Dharma Podcast Series is now available for you to listen to. If you’d like to help support offering these podcasts freely, please consider a suggested donation of $25 to Upaya’s Podcast Fund. Thank you so much! Speakers: Richard Davidson, Evan Thompson, John Dunne, Cliff Saron, Elissa Epel, Al Kaszniak, and Roshi Joan […]

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Episode Description: This final discussion session concludes the Zen Brain retreat. The audience poses a number of provocative questions such as: “at what point does Buddhist psychology become religion?” “Discuss the issue of scaling. What advice do you have for those whose ends may be a million or seven billion?” “What new frontiers of research […]

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Episode Description: In this talk Dr. John Dunne offers a summary of, as well as his own insight into, the material presented by the previous Zen Brain speakers. His elucidation of the Buddhist philosophical perspective on society, culture and context is engaging and insightful. Dr. Dunne lays the foundation for his discussion by providing brief […]

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Episode Description: This panel discussion opens with a number of questions related to Richie Davidson’s preceding talk. Questions include: “what are some of the neural changes that are seen in people that have heart or other organ transplants?” “How does aerobic activity affect neurogenesis?” “How should we understand what the brain regions do in light […]

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Episode Description: In this talk Dr. Davidson explores a number of topics emphasizing the relevance of social context and the impact of contemplative practice or embodiment. He opens by discussing six emotional styles: resilience, outlook, self-awareness, social intuition, sensitivity to context and finally attention. He continues by exploring context from the perspective of phenomenology and […]

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Episode Description: This morning discussion session includes a number of interesting questions. One member of the audience asks: “how do you see the sense of control and the acceptance sub-scale of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire relating?” Another participant directs a philosophical question to Dr. Dunne regarding agency, karma and free will. Yet another question […]

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Episode Description: This question and answer session concludes the first full day of Zen Brain. A number of deep and insightful questions are posed by the audience including: “how to square this understanding of context with the boundless field, open awareness or shikantaza?” Followed by a request to “take that a step further and talk […]